Hello, I got accepted into SBU. When do they usually notify about financial aid/scholarships and honors programs? Do they send a packet by mail (about general admission acceptance, financial aid, honors) or is everything by email/portal? Thanks for the help!
I hear around March.
We submitted FAFSA back in November.
Received email from school in late January stating that we will received financial aids decision in March.
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Just called SBU, they said that all emails were already sent out for merit aid, meaning that anyone who got accepted so far and didn’t receive one wasn’t selected for it. 
Portal does not have this information?
I’ve heard that most people got it through email. It might update on the portal soon but chances are that if you haven’t heard back yet, you weren’t selected for merit aid. That’s what I was told.
I called as well and they said a bulk amount of financial aid packages go out around 3/15 or after.
Merit Aid was already sent, Financial Aid will be sent later. They said that any merit scholarships that you don’t need to fill a separate application for have already been awarded. They’ll give loans based on FAFSA though.
I was told merit scholarship only started going out.
DS got merit aid offer this Tuesday 3/8.
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When did you receive acceptance? My son accepted a month ago so I though he would have got something by now.
Admission letter received on 2/4. Scholarship notification came in on 3/8. So, its a bit over a month of wait in between both for us. We applied at around 1/25.
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